Store-goods lifter.



.y 'PTENTBD AUG. 4, 1903. 1. LEB.' RB Goons METER. APBLIGATION YILED JULY 22, 1907.

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2 SHEETS-SHE PATENTED AUG. 4, 1908.

' I. T. LEB.

STORE Goons LIPTBR. A APPLGA'E' FILED JULY 23,107.`

TUNITD sra'rns ATENE engeren,

{RA T. LEE, OF GURDON, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE`lI.-\l.lf` TO O. E. DO'DGEN, O15 GURDON, ARKANSAS.

STORE-GOODS LETER..

Patented aug. 4, 190s.

19o?. stan No. 324,952.

T o :1H whom il. .only eonccrn:

Be it known that l, Ina T. Lien, a citizen of the 1United States, residing at Gurdon, in the (-onniy of iark, Stat-e of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful 'Improvements in Store-Goods Lifters; and I do hereby deelare the following to he a full, clear, and exaet desernion of theinvention, such as will enahle others skilled in the. art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention relates to store goods lif ters and has for iis ohjeetto provide a simple device of this rharaeter which shall be ellieient in action and easy to operate.

A further objectis to provide a device of this character. n1ou1=ledon a movable truck which shall embody means for removing boxes or .similar articles troni remote shelvesand distributing. the saine to other shelves or eon- \'e \in`r the sa .ie to the. operator of the device. i

A further ohjeet is to provide eilieient `reans wher-eh)- the device may be. controlled by a person s-.anding on the floor or on the truck of the thrice.

lnV the :mwnip'airving drawings in which like numerals ot reference indieate similar parts in the :wx'eral views'7 Figure I is a side elevation of the deviee, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the saine. Fig. 3 is a. detail vertical longitudinal set-.tional View through the lam' removing,r ineehauisin, Fig. 4 is a top plan view thereof, and Fig. 5 is a. de- Izll :'lrlimmi X'L'W ull i-llL llllO 5-5 Ull '2.

Referring: to the dra-wings denotes a track and the platform thereof. The latt'orin T is supported on wheels S, mounted nl la-arings .2 on the underside thereof and the .said whs-eis S are adapted to run on tmrks 1t) on fle floor of the store or warel-.ond in whiea the device is to he used. A running-hoard 11 is provided near the shelves of the store er warehouse and is adapted to overiie one side of the truck to prevent. tilting` of the saine in one direetion and n rightangularly henthar l2 is seein-ed to each of the hearings on the side opposite. to the running-hoard to engage the underside of the tread of the mil io` prevent tilt-ing ot the truck in the other direction.

:ertan Sar opening 13 is'prerided at the .llz' uit lower end whir-i .-iioiiow reetangular shaft. l-l ed on a rod 1:3 mounted in lf3 seruredfon the underside ol zrne.; platfornrto receive the the platform near the sides of the rectangular opening therein.

Telescopieally mounted in the shaft 14 is a similar shaft 17, provided en one of its face-s with a series of' rack teeth 18, said series of a point near thel top of the saine. The front face of the shaft 14, ad'acent the rack teeth 1S 0n the shaft 17, is slotted as at 19 at its upper end to receive a pinion 2O on a shaft 21 mounted in suitable hearings on the shaft 14. Keyed to the shaft 21 near one. of its ends is a. sprocket `gear '22 and a sprocket chain 23 Connects said gear with a similar gear 24 disposed heneath they sante, en a shaft Z5 to the end of which is keyed a pinion 26 adapted to mesh with a. gear 27 on a shaft 2S also snitabi;v supported on the shaft 14. A crank handle '2S' is secured to the gear .37 and it will be seen that hy rotating said gear in one direction the shaft 17 will be elevati-d and by rotating the sainein the opposite direction the said shaft will he loweret A rectangular sheet metal plate 29 partiall)y surrounds said shaft 14, is secured thereto` and has its` ends 30 extended beyond the front face of the saine. '.lhe said ends are bentat right angles to form a bearing or `Hide for rollers 31 mounted on a shaft 3?.. Secured to the renter of said shaft. 32 is a staple 33 to whit-h is fastened one end of a lever IH pivoted as at. 35 in astandard 36 0n the platform 7. The other end of said lever is provided with a handle 37 and on said lever near said handle is a ring or eye 38,

tiallj. vertical position, is adapted to engage a spring latch 39 to hold the said lever m upright posit-ion. The latch 3!) as here shown eonsists of a har 4() pivoted as at 41 in a hearing 4; and has an inwardly projectinf,y right angularly bent portion 43 to seat against the standard to liinitthe i'novenient ot thel said har. A spring 44 is secured to the hearing 42, engages the inner face of the bar position. The standard 36 is securely braced upon the truck platform by means of braves 45.

lt ill he understood that. when the lever 34 is in '.he position Ashown in Fig. .5 of the drawings, [he shafts H and 17 will he in a l vertirai position, and that when the spring l lateh 39 is disengaged from the ring1 or eye 23S and lhe lever swung lo a horizontal positeeth extending from the hase of said shaft to which, when said lever is swungto a snbstan- 4l), and serves to hohl the saine in its normal tion the said shaft will be ineliRin`the direction of the shelves on which the device is adapted to o erate, by means/of the rollers moving in the earinffs or ouides 30.

Adjacent the top oi3 the szlxaft. 17 is secured a box removing and depositing mechanism 46. A rectangular plate 47 has an opening near one of its cn'ds through which theupper end ofA the shaft 17 is adapted to pass. On the upper face of the plate 47 is provided a rectangular frame 4S and said plate has its sides bent to form guide flanges 49` A finger late 50 comprising a body portion 51 and ngers 52 is adapted to slide on said late in said flanges and is adapted to he beh in extended. osition by a spring catch 53 seated the frame 4S.

in the p ate 47 and engaging a suitable opening 53 in the late 50, and to be retracted, when said cate 1 is disengaged, by means of springs 54 which are secured as at 55 to the rear end of the body portion 51 of the plate 50 and to one of the end rods of the frame 48I as shown at 5G. A cord or rope 57 is connected to the catch 53, extends downwardly Within reach of the operator of the device and is ada ted to be pulled to disengave t 1e said eatc 1 from t-he plate.

ivota-lly mounted on the upper end of the shaft 17 in brackets 58 is a rod 59 having its outer end provided with a hook to enga e suitable rings in'the boxes or goods to e lifted to remove them from the shelves and hold them in osition on the fingers 52. The inner end of t e rod 59 is pivotady connected to one end of a rod 61 as at 62 which rod is pivoted near its middle to link 63 .which in turn is pivot-ed to one of t-he upper end rods of To the other end of the rod 61 is attached a depending cord 64. It will be readily seen that when the cord 64 is pulled downwardly the rods 59 and 61 and the link 63 will assume a position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, thereby disengaging the hook 60 from the ring on the box or other article to be moved. A coil spring 65 cornected at one end to the pivot 62 and at the other end y o a cross bar 63 of the frame 4S serves to return the rods to their normal position. A cord or rope 66 is connected to the body ortion of the finger plate 50 as at 67, exten( s over a guide pulley 68 and the front edge of the plate 47, and hangs within the o erators reach. It being desired to extend t e ringer plate 50, the same being in its rc tracted position, the cord or rope 66 is pulled downwardly until the catch 53 is in engagenent with the aperture 53*l in the finger ate. When itis desired to remove a box from one shelf and transport it to another shelf and deposit it thereon, the truck is moved to a position op osite the box and the shaft 17 elevated so t iat the box removing mechanism is 1n prope:` osition to engage the box. The shafts ,16 an 17 are then tilted and the truck, a lever pivoted on said standard and having rollers on the' end thereof adjacent the said shaft, a bearing on said shaft fori A said rollers, and means on said shaft to engage and support a box or the like.

2. A device of the character described comprising a truck, an extensible shaft mounted thereon, a rame on said shaftI a plate on said frame, means for projectm am retracting said plate, a hooked ro pivoted to said shaft to engage a box or similar article, and means for operating said rod.

3. A device of the character described comprising a truck, an extensible shaftA mounted thereon, a frame on said shaft, a. finger late on said frame, springs connected to saitl frame and said linger plate for retracting the latter, a cord connected to said plate for projecting the same, a sprin catch ada ted for engagement with said p ate `to hol the same in extended iosition, cord to operate said catch, a rod pivoted to the upper end of the shaft and to said first-mentioned rod, a link conncctinr the latter with said frame, a cord connected to said rod to operate the same, and a spring connecting the pivotal point of the two rods with the said frame.

4. A device of the class described comrising u truck, a support mounted for rock- 1n movement upon the truck, a lever pivotal v mounted u on the truck, rollers journaled at one en( of the lever, a bearing for the rollers carried by said supporv, and means upon the su p box or the lille 5. A device of the class described comrising a tinck, a sup ort mounted for rocking movement upon tlie truck, a lever pivotallv mounted upon the truck, rollers jour-4 naled at one end of the lever, a bearing for the rollers carried by said support, said bearing being in the form of a collar engaged a hooked rodV ort to engage and support a upon the .support and having flanges between which'and the said support the rollers are engaged, and means on said supportfor engaging and supporting a box or the like.

In testimony whereof, I alx my signature,

in presence of two witnesses.

' IRA T. LEE.

Witnesses: s

' A. W. NEWTON,

. 0. E. Doneer". 

